Hard work does indeed reap rewards, I had a great year last year and wanted to incorporate working hard and rewarding myself into both my journaling and my Word of the Year for 2019.  Last year I focused on the word 'Happy' and it was a great success.  You can see more on last years word here Word of the Year 2018.

Self Care is so important, if you don't look after yourself then you will struggle in other aspects of your life.  I love adding a bit of self love into my journaling as you can see from my self care and mood tracking journaling pages.
Self Care and Mood Tracking ideas in your Bullet Journal.

This years pages are an extension of this idea, but with the added notion of working hard to receive it.

Hi all, today I am sharing an art journal page I created using Daniel Smith Watercolours, complete with a process video.

If you haven't tried the Daniel Smith Watercolour paints, then I highly recommend that you do. Wow they are amazing, so pigmented and you only need a tiny morsel to bring your art journal page to life. In this post I have created an art journal page using just two of the paints: Phthalo Turquoise and Opera Pink. You can buy the watercolours in ready made hand poured half pans from Little Rainbow Moon's Etsy Shop. See the direct link to the paints here.

​Catch the whole process below in the video... don't forget to leave me a thumbs up and a comment on You Tube.

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Eek, I'm excited to share that over in my Facebook Art Journaling group we will be having another junk journal challenge throughout the month of August. This will follow the same format as last years very successful challenge and will run from 20th July - Aug 31st on Instagram and in the group. We will once again be using an hashtag #kmmamjunkjournal on Instagram and we can post progress updates in the group and on other social media platforms. 

From the middle of July there will be a few prompts to get you started over in the group and a Pinterest board updated with tips and ideas here KMMAM Pinterest Board. You can see the prompts on the main graphic and below.

​Today I am giving you some ideas, art tips and inspiration for art journal techniques on using texture in your art journals in order to create textured art journaling pages and canvas art. 

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​Last week I was featured on The Craft Show channel - an online craft show (which is basically like a tv show, but online). I was in the 5 minute quickie craft section.  Be sure to subscribe to them and watch from 12 noon on Thursday's

• ​The Craft Show

You can see in the video below a simple and quick art tutorial on using tissue paper, masking tape, art stencils, Matt Medium Heavy Texture Paste and adding salt to watercolour in order to add interest and variety to your pages.